Neilston (Scots: Neilstoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nèill, pronounced [paləˈnɛːʎ]) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Barrhead, 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south of Paisley, and 5.7 miles (9.2 km) south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Neilston is a dormitory village with a resident population of just over 5,000 people.
Population: 5,091
Latitude: 55° 47' 8.66" N
Longitude: -4° 25' 34.93" W
The Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Anne, Glasgow, was founded in the middle of the sixteenth century by James Houstoun, Subdean of Glasgow and Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1534-41. The church was located on the south…
Carmyle Primary School is a primary school in Carmyle, Glasgow, Scotland. The old Victorian building (and associated portable classrooms) were replaced in the mid-1970s with the famous flying saucer shape/open-plan schools design, which was a rarity…
Capelrig House is an 18th-century house in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, upon whose lands is situated Eastwood High School.
Buiston Loch (NS 416 433) (locally pronounced /ˈbɪstən/), also known as Buston, Biston, and Mid Buiston was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland at an altitude of 90 m OD. It is visible as an often flooded surface depression in pastureland situated…
Brucehill is a medium-sized council estate in Dumbarton, in the West Dunbartonshire area of Scotland
Boglestone (named after the Bogal Stone) is located around the top of the Clune Brae, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland.
Bogany Flats was a multi-storey block of flats in Castlemilk, Glasgow. The flats were built in 1966 by George Wimpey Ltd, the building contained 114 flats and was known by locals, tongue in cheek, as 'The Hilton'. They also tell of a close community…
Bellsmyre is a large housing estate in the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Beith High Church and Beith Trinity Church are linked congregations of the Church of Scotland in the Parish of Beith in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
The Barony of Peacockbank was in the old feudal Baillerie of Cunninghame, near Stewarton in what is now East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Auchenback is an area of Barrhead in East Renfrewshire, part of Greater Glasgow.
The Allander Water (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Alandair) is a river in East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and one of the three main tributaries of the River Kelvin, the others being the Glazert Water and the Luggie Water.
Alexander's School, at 94 Duke Street, Glasgow, was designed by John Burnet and built in 1858 for James Alexander, the proprietor of the cotton mill next door - itself an innovative 1849 fire-proof construction - to educate local children.
Abbey or sometimes Abbey Paisley is a civil parish in Renfrewshire, Scotland traditionally centred on the towns of Paisley and Johnstone and including the smaller settlements of Elderslie, Inkerman, Hurlet, Nitshill, the Dovecothall area of Barrhead…
Westcliff is a Council housing estate situated in the western part of Dumbarton, Scotland, across from Castlehill. It is one of the towns poorer areas and like the other housing estates in Dumbarton, it too has its share of drugs and crime. Westclif…
Townend is a moderate to large housing scheme in Dumbarton. It stretches from Dumbarton Central Station to Barloan roundabout, and to Round Riding Rd to the east. It has a mix of residential houses, private and council lets. In the area is the set o…
St Benedict's High School is a Roman Catholic High School in Linwood, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland.
St Peter's Boys School was a Roman Catholic school in Stewartville Street, Partick, Scotland. It is no longer a school, having merged with Notre Dame Primary School in 2009. The building has been converted into a block of flats and the old playgroun…